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If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.

John Steinbeck

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fight Military
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
JOHN STEINBECK

Last Listening Myself Rule Story
Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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Feeling Yourself
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.
JOHN STEINBECK

Fools Literature Man
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.
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Literature Lonely Soul
If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
JOHN STEINBECK

Kind Love Understand
If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
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Help Hurt People Poor Trouble
In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.
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Explanation Literature Lonely Trying
There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
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Alcohol Taste World
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Animal Couple Ideas Inspirational Wisdom
To be alive at all is to have scars.
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Alive Scars
Only mediocrity escapes criticism.
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Escape Life
If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Giving Sick Simple
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line.
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Anger Company Greatness
And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.
JOHN STEINBECK

Himself Listening People Story
The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
JOHN STEINBECK

Exploration Freedom Human Mindset Value World

If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.

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